The Independent-News, Volume 108, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 July 1982 — Page 1

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

VOLUME 108; NUMBER 7

POTATO CREEK FESTIVAL PLANS ANNOUNCED | North Liberty’s sixth annual “Potato Creek Festival” would seem to be "up in the air” at this | point in time as special attractions include balloon rides by pilot j Larry Steele of Balloon Enterprises; helicopter rides by pilot Preston Ewen in the Channel 16 Sky Cam, । owned and operated by Midwest I Air Service of Rochester; and a sky diving exhibition by a colorful group from South Bend. These acts are but a part of the giant twoday festival that takes place in North Liberty on Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14. Back on earth their will be hay rides with real horses pulling, a train for children rides, a miniature mint still in actual operation, just to mention a few ongoing events. The backbone of this small town festival is still the approximately 90 booths that will fill the downtown area with arts and crafts, wooden articles, ceramics, curios, dolls, a variety of unique homemade items, garden produce, and home baked goods. Refreshing and inviting for the visitor plagued by economic woes will be the vast array of entertainment and activities, all free. These include free concerts by ‘Little Roger’s Dixieland Giants”, recording star Bill Gaut, Dan Nelson and the "Frog Hollow” bluegrass band, and the "Royal Majesties" Baton and Drum Corps. New this year in the free category are Phil Everingham’s country - western band, "Pay Dirt”, the John Glenn High School Band, and Paul Futa and the "Family Affair” polka band. All these events will take place on the Community State Bank parking lot. Gourmets will delight in the various offerings. The North Liberty United Methodist Church will again feature its famous homemade ice cream social on Friday and Saturday. Beaver Creek Wesleyan Church will conduct a fish fry on Friday in the North Liberty Fire Department building, and the John Glenn Band Boosters will serve a chicken barbecue on Saturday in the Fire Department building. The Eastern Star will serve homemade potato soup on Friday and Saturday in front of the Masonic building, and the American Legion Post 365 will serve breakfast on Saturday morning in the post building. As in the past. Roy Clark's stand and the Greene Township Lions diner will be in evidence for diners. In addition to all these tempting foods, there will be numerous smaller stands making food available to visitors. There will be a water ball contest on Saturday, conducted by the local fire department with area departments invited. This will take place on the street adjacent to the North Liberty school. Activities at North Liberty City Park will include exhibition softball games, muzzle loading exhibitions by the "Brothers Os The Wind Os Indiana”, and pioneer-type campfire demonstrations by the Boy Scouts. "Daisy The Clown” will be leading in a bubble gum blowing contest on both Friday and Saturday. A pet pajade will also take place on

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The Walkerton Tri Kappas Arts and Crafts Show was held in conjunction with the Fourth of July celebration and announces the winners as follows, from left to right, first row: Jill Davis, Melissa Hall, Norma Patrick and Catherine Theis. Back row, from the left: Jayne Jacobson, Gale Jackson, Wayne Hostetler, Marge Burkholder and Mark Jacobson. Also winners were Cary Zartman, Paul Baker and Gertrude Behnke. In the professional division Best of Show went to Wayne Hostetler, Plymouth; first place, Jill Davis, Plymouth; second place, Norma Patrick, North Liberty; and third place, Gale Jackson, Plymouth. Amateur division Best of Show was presented to Catherine Theis, Walkerton; first place, Jayne Jackson, Plymouth; and second and ( third place to Marge Burkholder, Tyner. , Student division Cary Zartman, Plymouth, received Best of Show; first place to Mark Jacobson, Plymouth; second place, Paul Baker, Walkerton; and third place, Melissa Hall, Lakeville. Crafts division, first place, to Gertrude Behnke, Walkerton. The committee chaired by Paula Patterson, wishes to thank the Saturday. The second annual "Spud Run” is on .Saturday, August 14. The 10k race will be at 9:00 a.m. and will start at the town park. Gene Bailey and Tim Pearson are heading the group supervising this ambitious race and report enthusiastic response thus far. A "Fun Run” will follow the feature race and will start at 10:00 a.m. Tim Davis and Jill Knowlton are managing this race. Dr. Gaylord Saltzgaber. chairman of the committee planning the sixth edition of “Potato Creek Festival”, expects even larger crowds than the estimated 20,000 people who visited North Liberty during the two-day event in 1981. Cut-off of booth registrations had to be moved up because of the unusually large number of entry requests. The festival this year has been publicized in “The 1982 Great Vacation Getaway Book” published by Manzanita Press of Arizona, “The Crafter's Quarterly” of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hoosier Energy’s "1982 Festival Map”, The South Bend Tribune’s "Color Festival” map of May 2, 1982, and Indiana University’s "Indiana Ethnic Music Project”. The public is invited to visit the festival at convenient North Liberty, as well as the Potato Creek State Recreational Area-. _• •_

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1982

judge, Ed Harding, of North Liberty; the John Glenn School Corporation for the use of the building; Katherine Hahn for being the keeper of the keys; Farmers State Bank for the use of their window in May for the art shows from the Elementary and Urey Schools; John Thomas for his valued advice and for supervising the hanging of the art work and to all Tri Kaphas from Walkerton, North Liberty, Plymouth and Culver who all cooperated to make this show possible. The committee also wishes to thank the Patrons of the Arts, Charles O. Hiler & Son, Larry and Janet Hiler; Benefactors of the Arts, Walketon Odd Fellows Lodge, Walkerton Lions Club and Wells Aluminum and Sponsors of the Arts, St. Patrick’s Patrician Club, Lincoln Twp. Home Demonstration Club, Walkerton Jaycees and the County Line Club. Ist Source Bank Fourth Largest In Business Loans Ist Source Bank has become the fourth largest commercial and industrial lending bank in Indiana, according to a recent survey. American Banker, a daily banking newspaper, ranked the top 500 banks in order of loans made to businesses in 1981. The top 500 were selected out of over 14,000 U. S. banks. Nationally, Ist Source Bank ranked 281, making it the largest lender to business in the state out side of Indianapolis. Christopher J. Murphy 111, president of Ist Source Bank, said Ist Source is working closely with businesses during this time of economic dislocation. “Our policy is to do everything-in our power to be of assistance.” said Murphy. '“We will take every possible step to help businesses. In this way, we feel we’re helping to preserve jobs and opportunities in our local community and throughout the region.” In 1981, Ist Source Bank lent a total of $112,768,000 to business as compared to $102,843,000 in 1980. CAR WASH The John Glenn High School Flag and Rifle Corps will be holding a car wash on Friday, July 23, from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Walkerton Auto Parts parking lot. The cost is $2.00 for cars and $3.00 for trucks and vans. All proceeds will go to the purchase of new flags and rifle equipment.

fl£C/PE BOOKS ON SALE AT “INDEPENDENT” We have added to our counter sales eight different recipe books comprised from Country Extra that are being sold for $2.95 apiece (except for the Bar Cookie book which sells for $3.95). Vegetable Bounty, Award Winning Recipes, Ground Beef RoundUp, Bar Cookie Bonanza, Microwave Treats, Diabetic Dining, Microwave Magic and homemade Breads are the titles of the eight books available. In the Bar Cookie Bonanza book is a recipe sent in by Connie Beckwith entitled, "Microwaved Oh Henry Bars" which sounds delicious. Stop in the office and take a peek at these excellent recipes sent in by the best cooks in the world, America’s farm and ranch wives. National Sports Festival In Indianapolis The National Sports Festival IV will be held in Indianapolis July 23-31. The opening ceremonies will be held on Friday, July 23, with the details and schedule of the 33 Olympic-style sports all derived from the Summer and Winter Olympic and Pan American Games. Also listed are the prices of tickets as well as the place that each of the events will take place, on pages 6,7 and Bof this issue. This is the largest undertaking of the United States Olympic Committee and will bring 2,600 of America’s finest world-class athletes to Indianapolis. At the time of this writing, cycling events times have been changed to Saturday, July 24, from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Monday from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The remainder of the schedule will remain as published. i I ' LaPorte Auxiliary To Award Scholarships Area students will be awarded scholarships by the LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary at a dinner for them and their parents on Monday, August 2, at the hospital. Among ' these recipients will be Wade Boise, son of Mrs. Mary Boise, who will study pharmacy at Butler University, and Sandra Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Chapman, who will study radiologic technology at South Bend Memorial Hospital. Both Wade and Sandra are graduates of John Glenn High School. A total of 16 scholarships will be awarded and a total of $5,000 will be given. LICENSE BRANCH TO CLOSE 1 EARLY THURSDAY, JULY 22 The Walkerton License Branch will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, afternoon. July 22, to attend an update for 1983 meeting of the 1 Bureau of Motor Vehicles. "Happy Ads" are smile makers.

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Set John Glenn Summer Baseball Clinic Dates A summer baseball clinic for ' boys ages eight to 13 in the John Glenn School Corporation will be held from July 26 to 30 at Place Park. In case of rain the clinic will be held in the Urey Middle School gymnasium. Minor leaguers, ages eight to ten, will meet from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. and the major leaguers, 11 to 13 years old, will meet from 10:30 to 12:00 noon. The fee is $2.00. Clinic supervisor is John Hostrawser, 586-3677, and he is being assisted by Dale Merkel and Bill Williams. Sunday Mail Pick-Ups To Be Stopped Locally The Postal Service, in a continuing effort to reduce costs and delay the need for further increases of postage rates in the near future, has made some changes in collection schedules. One change which effects us directly, is the elimination of the 1 Sunday collection on the South Bend to Knox Route, which includes Walkerton and North Liberty. Holiday collections will remain the same, for all Monday ’ holidays. Customers who wish their mail to reach a certain destination on Monday are urged to make every effort to get their mail into the local office by 3:45 p.m. on Saturday. 1981 BAKE-OFF RECIPE BOOKLETS NOW AVAILABLE The St. Joseph County Extension Homemakers annual bake-off recipe booklet titled, "It’s Such A Special Treat”, proved to be so popular at 10 cents a copy that the supply was soon sold out. A second printing is now available from Cooperative Extension Service, 646 County-City Building, South Bend. 1nd.46601. You may either buy the booklets at the office or order them by mail. If you order by mail, you MUST enclose a large (9” x 12”) self-addressed, stamped envelope | with 54 cents postage affixed in addition to the 10 cents for the book- । let. No booklets will be mailed unless the large envelope is enclosed. > The booklets are B'/i” xll Vi” and consist of 21 illustrated pages. • BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Paul (Vicki) Larsen, 27051 Indiana 4, North Liberty. are the parents of a son born on Tuesday. July 13, in the LaPorte Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clemons, Walkerton, are the parents of a baby girl born on July 10. She has been named Elizabeth Ann. ( Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. ’ Harry Peterson, Walkerton, and 1 great-grandparents are Mr. Harold Everly, Walkerton, and Mrs. Bessie Campbell, LaPorte. Know and obey the traffic laws! Our classifieds start at only $1.50!