The Independent-News, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 March 1983 — Page 4

the independent NEWS MARCH 3. 1983

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[EDITORIALS |

THIS IS THE YEAR With iht ।e.ent chuago primary election gaining so much .Mention, then coming election in April and the news of the entering the ra^es for mayor and city council in our neighboring South Bend and Mishawaka, it reminds us that this is the yeat for 1 own Council elections in both Walkerton and North I ibctty. The elections in (hoc twe towns ate handled slightly dit icient than in the nics, they do not have the formalities of a primary, but rather a patty caucus chooses the candidates that will fill the ticket tor the November election Party caucuses will not be held for some four to five months set, bin just possibly it is time that some thought is being given to this very important mallei Serving on the Town Council in towns like ours is almost a thankless job certainly not one that anyone would do for the money, and the complaints and criticisims have to be much more fuquent than the compliments and words ot thanks lor running our towns And running a town is a big job. Both have several departments to oversee. Walkerton having an electric department that Noith liberty doesn’t have and North Liberty has tor sears had a sewage treatment plant and the business thereof to run, which Walkerton in now just entering into However, both au talking big money to run their towns and decisions in all these lines are made by the five member boards chosen by the people in these off-year elections. There have been tunes that vacancies have been left on the ballots as no one will even accept a “draft” to seive from a particular ward It isn’t easy to get candidates who will give of themselves and their time to fulfill this job and it has also been the case where people are simply “talked into it” to allow then name to be put on the ticket. Os course the most favorable position is competition in the party caucuses. If there is more than one person per ward that is interested enough in this position to allow then name io be entered, there has to be interest which would be healthy if they are elected on the boaid. Io simply fill a spot because no one has accepted it, doesn't always end up with the best results. We hope both the major parties are looking ahead and that there are people, very possibly who are now serving as well as those who aren’t, who are willing to accept this chaiiange and be considered by their party for the right to be named to the fall ticket. The importance of having interested people in these five board positions plus the clerk-treasurer’s job, is very important to the town’s operation and future. Il isn’t too early to give some thought in this direction. <heme^eer 5, 1973 At the Paddle Wheel Restaurant, Rec ids arc made to be broken downtown Walkerton, thev are inbut memories live forever. Ihe troducing their Riverboat Buffet on many records of Bruce Day huff. Wednesdays and Fridays at a cost senior at John Glenn High School, ol $2.25. The restaurant was someday may be broken but the located w here the Jacob parking lot memories of his performances will is today. long be remembered. Especially 1 the unfortunate ending to a great 1 he North Liberty Development areer As is the case in Indiana, \ssixiauon wishes to announce with one tourney for all teams, all that they are once again participatbut a select few seniors on the ing in an additional budding prohampionship teams bow out in a gram for the Wells Aluminum losing effort The falcons were Corp. This participation is in the eliminated, not beaten, by Ply form of a loan which provides a mouth in the Sectional title game deposit amounting to 10 percent ot last Saturday Dav huff had 21 the building cost. Ihe Standard points and John Harness, also a Lite Insurance Company of Indisenior tor Glenn. had 20 points. ana. present owner and lessor of Donald Ludwig has been named Well's Plant No. 2. will build and hairman of the sixth annual W'alk lease bavk the new addition. erton Summer Festival for 1973. lack Watkins and Larry Hiler Ihe festival is sponsored by the have been appointed to serve as Walkerton Chamber of ( ommerce pages at the Legislature on Febru slid the dates for the event are ary 25 and 2b. Jack is sponsored lunt 8 and 9. by Joint State Senator Marchall Story hour is held i h Saturdav Kizer, of Plymouth, and will serve at the Walkerton 1 ibrary for young in the Senate on Mondav and in the tors three to mm years old from House of Representatives on lues 10:30 to 11 10 day Larry is sponsored bv Otto J. Dave A Ray s Super Markets an Pozgay, one of our representatives ii 'unced this week that they have fe m St. Joseph County, and will be id the Koontz Lake Store to Mr on the House of Representatives on and Mrs Paul Guard and son, Mondav and the Senate on Tues Dennis, effective March I da. 1968 1 he first elementary science lair Muis Slate delegates wen . lios dns kind was held on February 15 <n recently by the Orville Easter at North liberty Elementary, lav American Legion Post 189, Ilu re were a total of 98 projects Walkerton Iht y are Elaine Fitz entered. geraid, Walkerton, who will repre 1958 sent John Glenn High School, I tie second semester of the pn .ponsored by the local Auxiliary . at< kindergarten w ill oj>en on v Uinate is Valerie Schmanke and Monday, March 3, in the basement dl attend in the case that Mis. I the North Libert, Methodist Fitzgerald is unable to. s H

|h. North Liberty vs Madison basketball gam< played at I iberty was the tn al pai eof tin si heduk d season and the Shamrocks lost by one point. 55-54 With manv parallel roads closed b . snow and ice. commercial (truck and bus) traffic on the Northern Indiana 101 l Road hit a new single dav peak during the height of the snowstorm which struck Northern Indiana last week 101 l road offic ials disclose d hen that a record smashing total of 4,087 trucks and busses rolled across the Hoosier superhighway on Tuesday Febru arv 18 to produce $15,686.55 in . ommcii lal tolls, the highest single dav receipts for commercial traffi since the road's opening in August >f 1956 1953 I d Wolf, for many years an im portant figure in most auction sales in this vicinity. has retired to private Ide alter 32 wars Important improvements ate being made in Egger's Memorial Gardens sub division North liber tv. w ith over 1900 feet of sew er and water mains being put in Lot pur e hasers in this sub division will now have the conveniences of city water and sewage disposal 1943 Rensberger s Market, which has been owned and operated by the partnership of Harold and Herbert Rensberger. changed ownership this week when Herbert sold his interest to his brother. Harold I he high school basketball teams throughout Indiana are readv for the opening w histle which w ill start in motion the annual elimination contest to pick the state champion ship team on Saturday . March 13 Greene Township and New Carlisle will open the event for St loseph ( ountv on I hursdav night at John \dams gym North Liberty will plav Lakeville on Friday afternoon at 3:00 and Walkerton will plav \dams at 2:00 on Friday VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Friday evening at the Glenn I ip pecanoe Valley basketball game I had the privilege of observing an other group of fine young adults Ihe Swing Choir sang “The Star Spangled Banner" 1 thought they performed superbly and looked so nice dressed all alike. Why can’t thev perform next year before all the home games? Thanks to all the coaches, teachers. parents and especially the stu dents w ho gave up so much of their time to make this basketball season such an enjoyable one. Good Luck in the Sectional! Lorraine Ward Apologize For Program Ending On Friday, February 24. 1983. the John Glenn High School Auxiliary Corps performed at halftime of the John Glenn vs Tippecanoe Valley varsity basketball game. Ihe ending of this program was done in poor taste. It was not our intent to offend any members of the audience or to embarrass our school. For that error of judge ment, we apologize. Sincerely. loin Bugalski. Sponsor Kim Sobieralski Kelly Patterson Debbie Griffin Kendall Clmgenpeel Tonya Bella Charly n Green Falcons Win (continued from page 11 Box Score Gknn f g f t fu p Jacobson 5 | Fa osier 0 0 0 I Wilcox 0 3 4 5 Srnett I ] * |q j Hardesty () || 12 n Singleton 1 ) j Ailken 0 I rOTALS 21 29 M |j Oregon-Dav is

Abel 5 0 0 1 Budka 8 2 3 3 Quick 5 0 0 5 Cooper 6221 I ggcr 4 0 0 4 ( armichael 3 2 2 3 Pearish 0 0 2 4 Slusher 0 I 2 3 TOTALS 31 7 II 24 Score By Quarters Glenn 15 2b 49 H Oregon Davis lb 30 42 b 9 Rep. Cook s STATEHOUSE REPORT Mondav. February 2b. maiks not only the 40lh session day of the current General Assembly, but also iht lasi day that legislators will be able to consider bills in their house or origin For the final 21 session days, the House will consider bills that have been passed by the Senate, and v ice-v ersa. Yet (c< be heard in the House is the most important piece of legislation. the 1983-85 biennial budget Ihe House Ways and Means Committee has held dozens of hearings so far this session to decide how to distribute approximatelv $6.3 billion to slate agencies. state universities, public schools, public welfare and many other areas. As the deadline approaches for bill consideration in the house of origin, the pace of activity in both the House of Represenlaiivcs and the Senate has piced up considerably The House recently spent V 2 hours debating HB 1401. the long awaited utility reform bill. When it was all over, the bill had acquired 22 amendments, most of which are designed to make it tougher for utilities to increase their rales. The growing crime rale across the state as well as the nation has given rise to a tougher legisiaiive altitude toward law and order. Ihe Senate has recently passed several measures that touch on various aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice. Iht following is a sumn ary so these Senate bills, which now move to the House for consideration; SB 201 Would allow a judge to order an offender to made restitution for a crime while also sentencing the offender to jail. SB 276 — Would make it a Class ( felony to operate a motor vehicle after a driver’s license has been suspended for life. SB 295 — Would permit a person threatened by violence to obtain a protective court order. Vlthough economists have de elated that a recovers from the recession is underway , the General Vssembly continues to pass legislation dealing with the lingering problems of layoffs, unemplov ment compensation, and welfare The following is a list of those goals that have been approved bv their house of origin. SB 143 - Would require a unit of government oi non-profit agenev for which work is performed bv poor relief recipients to provide tools, materials, and transportation for the job.

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SB 49 Would prohibit st a smial lii ployics Iron applying tuf unemployment eompensation if they aic laid off atUi the season ends. SB 566 Would set up in at least one Indiana county a program in which welfare recipients would be require d to aicept a job assignment in exchange- tor their welfare payment HB 1417 Would provide that police and tire department layoffs and subsequent reinstatements lake place by order of seniority. Both houses of the legislature have recently acted on bills dealing with financial matters: taxes, hanks, and agriculture withholding fees Here is a sampling of hills that reccntlv passed out of committee or third reading in their house of origin. SB 232 — Would authorize the Stale Department ot Financial Insiilulions to arrange a merger for a bank in financial trouble. HB I 1 (>0 — Would allow counties to annually charge a flat $lO excise surtax on each locally registered motor vehicle. HB 1918 — Would prohibit automatic checkoffs for anv commodity unless a particular checkoff program is authorized bv law or a farmer gives his wntten consent (Approved 4-3 bv House Agriculture Committee.) And finaiiv. the House and Senate have passed hills whose measures range from such diverse issues as school coaches to childhood mumps. A list of summanes follows; SB 24t> — Would permit a rural telephone c<x>perative to fix its own rales, without the approval of the Public Service Commission ''B 543 - Would add mumps to (he hsl of diseases that school children must be vaccinated against. and leaves religious grounds as the only reason for refusal to vompiv . SB 2'4 — Lhe Senate Commerce and Lonsumber Affairs C ommittee voted down this bill to repeal the gucsl passenger law , which prevents the injured passenger in a car or airpiane from collecting damages from the driver ot that vehicle, unless the host showed "willful and wanton misconduct Howver. the House Judiciary ( ommittee approved partial repeal of the statute. HB 1515 — Would authorize schcxji corporations to pay athletic coaches who are not licensed teachers with general school funds. Winter driving presents surprises Save a life. Learn CPR. +