The Independent-News, Volume 110, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 August 1984 — Page 7

ANNOUNCE NIPSCO CONCESSION AGREEMENT Edmund A. Schroer, chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Company, on August 2, announced that a settlement agreement has been reached among NIPSCO, a group of NIPSCO’s large industrial customers, the Utility Consumer Counselor's office, the cities of Gary and Fort Wayne, the Citizens Action Coalition, and the Concerned NIPSCO-area Legislators that will result in an immediate electric rate decrease of approximately $10.4 million annually for all NIPSCO customers. Industrial customers who have agreed to the settlement are Inland Steel Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, National Steel Corporation. Union Carbide Corporation, The Dalton Foundries, Inc.. Bethlehem Steel Corporation. United States Steel Corporation and American Maize Products Company. Schroer said the agreement will require significant concession on the part of NIPSCO. “In the company's opinion, the evidence provided in the electric rate increase proceeding currently pending* before the Public Service Commission of Indiana regarding the reasonableness of the cost of R. M. Schahfcr Unit 17 clearly demonstrates that the costs requested by NIPSCO are fully justified. “However, we are very much aware and sensitive to the serious economic problems confronting both large industry in our service area and the residents of northern Indiana. While the implications of these concessions are severe, we are willing to make these real and meaningful changes for the benefit of all of our customers.” NIPSCO’s willingness to make these sacrifices is indicative that there is not intrasigence in our policies, and we want to make our customers aware that the rate increase scenarios of the past will not be the pattern for the future,” he said. “NIPSCO put forth these concessions to provide stability in energy costs for our customers and to promote a economic development in our service area,” Schroer added. The terms of the settlement agreement include: 1. NIPSCO agreed to reduce the requested rate treatment of Unit 17

1984 LAPORTE COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IHURSDAV, AUGUST 9 9:00 a.m. — 4-H Dairy Judging 4-Horse & Pony Judging 12:00 noon — Open Class Flower Judging (Div. 99 - 108) 1:00 p.m. — 4-H Flower Arrangement Judging 4-H Chicken Barbecue Judging (Poultry Building) 2:00 p.m. — Harness Racing (Grandstand) 5:00 p.m. — 4-H Cat Judging 7:00 p.m. — Open Class Rabbit Judging 7:00 p.m. — Dave Rowland And Sugar Show (Grandstand) 8:00 p.m. — 4-H Scholarship Awards (Grandstand) 9:00 p.m. — Dave Rowland And Sugar Show (Grandstand) FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 9:00 a.m. — Open Class Dairy Judging Open Class Draft Horse Judging 12:00 noon — Open Class Cake Judging 2:00 p.m. — Harness Racing (Grandstand) 2:30 p.m. — Chicken Flying Contest (Poultry Barn) 5:00 p.m. — 4-H Horse & Pony Awards Presentation (Horse & Pony Show Arena) 5:30 p.m. — 4-H Poultry, Rabbit, Swine & Lamb Sale (Show Arena) 6:00 p.m. — Hubler’s International Circus (Grandstand) 8:00 p.m. — Hubler’s International Circus (Grandstand) SATURDAY. AUGUST 11 9:00 a.m. — 4-H Beef, Open Beef & Dairy Steer Sales • Show Arena) 2:00 p.m. — Harness Racing (Grandstand) 2:30 p.m. — Rooster Crowing Contest (Poultry Barn) 5:00 p.m. — 4-H Awards Presentation (Show Arena) 7:00 p.m. — Dottie West Show (Grandstand) 9:00 p.m. — 4-H Exhibit Building, Community Building and Horticulture Building Closed 9:00 p.m. — Dottie West Show (Grandstand) 9:30 - 10:30 p.m. — Removal of Extension Homemakers Booths.

by $55 million, resulting in an immediate rate decrease of $10.4 million annually. 2. NIPSCO agreed to limit at a level of $482.5 million the amount requested for Unit 18, a 344-mcga-watt coal-fired unit under construction at the Schahfer site and scheduled for commercial operation in June 1986. The issue of “excess capacity" will continue as a proceeding before the Public Service Commission of Indiana. However, the industrial intervenors have agreed not to challenge the inclusion of Unit 18 in NIPSCO’s rate base when the unit is completed. 3. NIPSCO will not request a retail base electric rate increase or retail base gas rate increase to be effective prior to June 1986. 4. NIPSCO will agree to transport certain amounts of natural gas volumes on behalf of its large industrial customers. “The addition of Units 17 and 18 to our system are necessary to provide safe, dependable, electric energy that our industrial-based service area demands. The reliable, highly technological, and environmentally complaint units will make our electric generating capability as premier as our gas distribution system which has long been recognized as one of the most reliable and low-cost in the country,” Schroer stated. Schroer said the Public Service Commission of Indiana must approve the settlement agreement before the rate decrease and rate moratoria can become effective. ORR INAUGURATES NEW STATE EDUCATION BOARD Governor Bob Orr, on July 18, challenged the new State Board of Education to chart a course for Indiana education into the 21st Century and immediately presented the 11-member group with a list of seven issues to tackle. “You are the mapmakers of education .' ’ Orr told the board. “With you lies the responsibility of discovering the rocks and shoals (in education), discovering the best routes, and in that process, providing expert leadership for the future. “No other state responsibility is more important to Indiana’s future. Therefore, you must accept this charge with all the seriousness that such a public trust commands,"

the governor said. Orr delivered his charge during the inaugural meeting of the reorganized State Board of Education, held in the Indianapolis Convention Center. The governor said that the first step for the board must be to develop a plan establishing specific goals and objectives for education in Indiana, including higher targets for the number of students who graduate from high school and the number of students who go on to college. Orr also charged the board with evaluating the programs put in place during the first phase of his administration's "Decade of Excellence" program. "If state government continues to pursue the course charted in the past 3*/j years, we are committed to investing $440 million dollars more in 1988 than in this current fiscal year. That means that during the next four years, we will spend a cumulative total of nearly $1.6 billion dollars in new funding for schools," said Orr. "Hoosiers need to know that their tax dollars are producing results. This can only be accomplished if this board creates the tools to measure and evaluate Indiana's educational system. Only then will we have the accountability necessary to request greater investments of state funding," Orr said. In addition, the governor identified seven issues the education board should address in the months ahead. Those include: 1. School finance and the need for further investment. 2. The viability of our vocational education delivery system. 3. Career rewards for teachers. 4. Added emphasis on gifted and talented programs, particularly the development of a residential high school for math and science. 5. The place of arts and languages in the new emphasis on core curriculum. 6. Cooperation between business and education to form partnerships to improve school effectiveness. 7. Greater cooperation and sharing of resources between local schools and colleges and universities. The governor admonished the board to remember the importance of the teacher-student relationship as it sets its goals and objectives for the future. "Nothing we do takes a precedence over what goes on in the classroom," Orr stated. "Nothing should interfere with the significant bond that develops between teacher and student. Save a life. Learn CPR. + Keep Red Cross ready. Support ' (7T) March of Dimes VJtfX HM» Mi' H ex FfCTS I<X*KWHOM ■■■■

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