The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 February 1987 — Page 4

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- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - FEBRUARY 19. 1987

EDITORIALS

DON’T SAY COUNTYWIDE The South Bend Tribune on Tuesday of this week, ran an editorial and called special attention to the Michiana Point Os View column by Carl F. Lutz, concerning the proposed coun-ty-wide communications system that has been a subject for quite some time. We strongly feel both articles once again missed the point by using the term “countywide”. We will not argue that there would be advantages in the proposal for the two large cities and the immediate area around these two cities, especially the more densely populated areas. However, to say countywide, once again the imaginary lines that form the county boundaries are not the logical lines that should be contended with in such as this. The article by Mr. Lutz states: “this effort was undertaken because of (1) problems arising in the dispatching of emergency units and (2) plans to upgrade equipment in the four separate major dispatching centers in the county”. Just what these four major dispatching centers in the county are was not stated, but it certainly doesn’t include all the outlying towns of St. Joseph County, especially those near other county lines that have an overlap of services with parts of the adjacent counties. Another big hurdle that is not in favor of such outlying towns as ours is the fact that the South Bend-Mishawaka metropolitan area is on the Bell Telephone system and several of the outlying towns, such as Walkerton, North Liberty, New Carlisle and Lakeville are on United Telephone system. This is just one drawback. Second, with overlaping services with parts of other counties, problems would result immediately. For one thing, no two neighboring counties have coinciding road names and house numbering formats if they have a numbering format at all. We feel local people know the local area much better and such a plan also would not eliminate the control center and dispatching system we now have. It would just add another step, both time wise and money wise. Another thing not being considered is the fact that all the emergency services of most of the outlying towns and townships have strongly voiced their feelings against such a plan which they all feel locally would be a detriment, not an asset. Even our State Representative Richard Mangus strongly opposes such a plan, but all these voices seem to continually fall on deaf ears. It seems strange to us that the South Bend Tribune would so strongly back this “countywide” aspect, going against the wishes of the outlying districts, and yet at the same time be running a campaign in Walkerton to run another feature on Walkerton, which includes these services that so strongly oppose their editorial plan. They cannot see eye-to-eye with the Walkerton officials on such as this, but they can strongly engage in a campaign to take thousands and thousands of advertising dollars out of our town in featuring a town and their services, the same as they oppose in their editorial views. MEET YOUR LEGISLATORS Saturday morning, at 8:30 in Walkerton, and 10:30 in North Liberty, State Senator V. Richard Miller and State Rep. Richard Mangus will be in our towns for the annual legislative coffees. These informal sessions with area residents, can be very informative and as always, there will be a question and answer session for residents to bring up any issues they feel is worthy at such a time. It is a service more than a duty for these men to take their time on weekends to hold such get-togethers as this. We encourage participation by anyone who can as this is the closest direct link between you and your state government, an agency that continues to gain more and more power in running our lives from day to day. Remember, Saturday at 8:30 at the Walkerton Town Council Room and at 10:30 at the North Liberty Town Hall. = SgL WHEN—

1982 Gaylord Saltzgaber, chairman of the sixth annual Potato Creek Festival, announced that the festival this year will be held August 13. and 14, in North Liberty. The Walkerton Park Board met on February 11. with the following members present, Leonard Northam, Roger Huizenga and Dirk Pletcher. William Hartman was absent. After a long discussion on revenue coming in. the board, on a motion by Huizenga, seconded by Pletcher, passed a new rental charge schedule to be made for the use of the Youth and Community Buildings:

Private parties — $50.00. For profit organizations — $50.00. For progit organizations meeting more than twice a month — $25.00 each time. For non-profit organizations — SIO.OO. Special groups will not be charged a fee, they are — Youth Groups and Senior Citizens Groups. “Antique Auto Show ”, an acrylic painting on canvas by John Thomas, John Glenn High School art instructor, was chosen for the cover of the February Evansville Museum Bulletin and for the feature story in the February 4 edition of the Evansville Press.

1972 The Walkerton Cub Scouts will hold their annual Blue and Gold Banquet at 7:30 on Saturday. February 26. in the Walkerton Elementary School. The Nurse's Scholarship is being offered by the Woman's Community Club of Walkerton to a John Glenn High School graduate who will be entering nurses training this fall. This Sunday has been designated as Heart Sunday, February 27. in Walkerton. This is a part of the nationwide Heart Month campaign. The PU P.T.A., Tri Kappa and St. Patrick's Women’s Cub announce the annual Arts and Crafts Contest to be held on April 23 at the Walkerton Elementary School gym. The Urey Middle School 7th grade team won the New Prairie tourney held on Saturday, February 12, with the Panthers topping the North Liberty Shamrocks 24-19 to advance to the final game with LaVille. The Panthers won by a score of 32-26 with Larry Stull and Barry Heim each getting nine points for the victory. At the market pork steak was selling for 69 cents a pound; roasting chickens at 39 cents a pound; bulk sausage at 59 cents a pound; chuck steak at 89 cents a pound; one pound carton of cottage cheese for 29 cents; Ballard dinner rolls, four for $1.00; six Banquet pot pies for 99 cents; 32 oucnes of hash browns for 39 cents; five loaves of bread for 89 cents; three Betty Crocker cake mixes for 89 cents; king size bottle of Downey for 99 cents; bananas at 11 cents a pound; and three pounds of yellow onions for 29 cents. 1952 Im munication clinics will be conducted in the Walkerton school during February and March. The clinics are conducted by the St. Joseph Health Department with the cooperation of the school and county medical society. Tetanus or lock-jaw immunization shots will be given. Want a tasty dinner — at these prices — why not. At Welco Restaurant, operated by James and Frances Meltinos, the following specials were offered. Round steak, potatoes, salad, bread, butter and coffee for $1.25.; tender smoked ham steak with potatoes, salad, bread, butter and coffee, for $1.15; half dozen jumbo French fried shrimp with potatoes, salad, bread, butter and coffee for $1.25. 1942 The Walkerton Masonic Lodge will celebrate the burning of the mortgage on the property with a big party at the Temple on Thursday evening, Mary 19. The building was purchased from the Archie Williams Estate in November of 1936. A remodeling program was set in motion at once, converting the building, which had served as a general store for Rearick and Divine for many years, into a Masonic Temple. The basement floor was used for kitchen and dining room, the main floor for recreation and the top floor for lodge purposes. Dedication services were held. The first public event to be staged in Walkerton under the direction of the United Services Organizations in honor of the new residents of town, living in West York and at the dormitories, will be held at the high school gym on Saturday evening, February 21. starting at eight o'clock. William Summers. 60, of Knox, night watchman at the dormitories in Walkerton, was found dead on Wednesday morning near Dormitory No. 2, when the day watchman, Otto Sache, came to work at 7:00. Death was found to be due to a skull fracture which resulted when Mr. Summers slipped on the ice and fell striking his head on the frozen ground. 1937 The Consolidated School Band of the North Liberty and Walkerton Schools will give a concert in the

auditorium of the North Liberty School on Monday evening. February 15. The proceeds will be used for the purchase of equipment for the band. The student selling the most tickets will receive for first place. $1.00; second place. 50 cents; and third place. 25 cents. Arrangements have been made to hold the annual St. Joseph County Bee Keepers meeting at Walkerton High School on Thursday, February 18, at 1:30 p.m. A roof fire at the John Henry home on Saturday night at 8:45 o’clock, burned a hole in the roof and did damages, estimated at between $250 and S3OO. The fire started from sparks when the chimney burned out. The Walkerton fire department gave a very excellent account of itself in fighting the fire, being able to extinguished the blaze with a minimum of water damage and loss. The Walkerton Masonic Lodge will hold a dinner-dance in their new Masonic Temple, on Washington’s birthday, February 22. Dinner will be served at 6:30 after which dancing and cards will be enjoyed by Masons and their families. Dr. W. N. Denaut, Worshipful Master of the Lodge, has appointed the following committees: entertainment, Ray Nusbaum, V. L. Ake and Donald Ewing; reception, Dr. V. B. Wolfe, C. E. Houser and Charles M. Finch; refreshments, Edwin Shirley, G. A. Lawrence and Louis Kiser; tickets, J. F. Spencer, Harry Doll and George Schultz. A limit of 200 tickets for the affair has been set. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE “Local Measured Service” Local Measured Service (LMS) has become an issue before our Indiana Legislature and now needs a big push from all Indiana citizens. The three bills, 1057, 1257 and 1353, now before the House and bill 011 before the Senate to eliminate LMS will never be acted upon unless we all speak out now. By sending postcards to our Representatives and Senators stating our opposition to LMS. we can get them moving on these bills. Unless we all let our voices be heard now. our legislators will believe the issue not sufficient to get these bills into committee. They will consider them not important enough to put their elected offices in jeapordy and can default the issue back to the Public Service Commission of Indiana (PSCI), who will probably decide in Indiana Bell’s favor. Other companies such as United and General are sure to go to a form of LMS also. Our local legislators can blame a few powerful committee chairmen if LMS does not come to a vote. With a vote, we will all know how our legislators voted and can support or oppose them at the next election. If our legislators find that enough votes are on the line, they will all find away to get this issue to a vote. The relatively short session of our Indiana Legislature means we must all act now. as the possibility of Local Measured Service becomes greater if the PSCI becomes the decision maker. To learn the names of your Representatives or Senators, you can contact your local election board, precinct committee workers, or call the toll-free numbers at the Indiana Statehouse: (800) 382-9841 for the House of Representatives and (800) 382-9467 for the Indiana Senate. The fact that both the House and the Senate of Indiana have bills to ban LMS puts us all in a better position to make our opinions count. The Lobbyists and the Bell Employees have spoken out to them — now, we, the public, the voters, and the billpayers can let our voices be heard to our elected officials. Act now. Mrs. John A. Kendall 7010Westlake Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46214-7338 (317)244-4809

NEWS

Friday Morning Coffee League Shady Lane* Beaver Realty 20‘/i 7Vi Miller’s Merry Manor 19'/i B‘/i Johnson’s Dairy Farm 16 12 Waldrop’s Fancy Fruits 15 13 Duraclean Carpet 12 16 Ray's Radiator Service 12 16 Ray & Kenny’s 12 16 Mouse’s Barber Shop 5 23 High team series: Beaver Realty 2229, Miller’s Merry Manor 2085, Duraclean Carpet 2070. High team game: Beaver Realty 785, Johnson's Dairy Farm 760, Miller’s Merry Manor 742. High individual series: Janice White 543, Lori Becker 479, Debbie Howard 461. High individual game: Janice White 209, Dee Hostetler 189, Debbie Howard 186. Suburban League Shady Lanes Brass Lion 19 5 Jack’s Citgo 16 8 Jacob Drugs 15 9 Shady Lanes 13 11 Bolze Marathon 11 13 Larry’s Quick Mart 11 13 Hoosier Desposal 6 18 Lakeside Realty 5 19 High team series: Brass Lion 2658, Jacob Drugs 2520, Shady Lanes 2497. High team game: Jacob Drugs 935, Brass Lion 899, Shadv Lanes 2497. High individual series: Ken Bolze 561, Ed Arelt, Jr. 561, Gene Knowlton 557. High individual game: Mike Hamman 245, Bob Powers 234, Regg Williams 218. Sunday Night Mixed Double* Liberty Lane* Flumduckers 59 29 Dillagafs 52 36 Nice & Easy 52 36 Lite Strikes 47 41 2 Rights - 2 Wrongs 45 43 FDP’s 41 47 Confused 40'/» 47‘/i Team No. 6 40 48 Alley Cats 34 54 Walnut Road Runners 31*4 56*/» High team series handicap: Nice & Easy 2485, 2 Rights - 2 Wrongs 2412, Confused 2369. High team game handicap: Nice & Easy 879, Team No. 6 867, Nice & Easy 849. High individual series men: John Carroll 594, BUI Doan 582, Jerry Singleton 578. High individual game men: John Carroll 230, Jack Jackson 204, Jerry Singleton 204, John Carroll 203, Randy Schmeltz 203. High individual series women: Joan Shafer 505, Wendy Morris 468, Helen Doan 462. High individual game women: Joan Shafer 197, Donna Popovic 186, Vicki Ives 175. Monday Night Men’s Liberty Lane* Swan Lake Golf Club 62 30 Mer-Con Tool 51 */i 40*A Liberty Sound A Elec. 49‘/i 42‘/i Wil-lene Farm 46*4 45*/i Rizek Plbg. A Htg. 45*/i 46'/> Dreisbach Cadillac 43*/i 48 l /i Lakeside Inn 43 */j 48‘A Whitmer Farms 42 Vi 49‘A Dillon Enterprises 40 52 C& B Optical 35'/i 56‘A High team series handicap: Swan Lake Golf Club 2845. Whitmer Farms 2824, Lakeside Inn 2772. High team game handicap: Whitmer Farms 1028, Dreisbach Cadillac 993, Liberty Sound & Electronics 971. High individual series: Jack Jackson 660 (224, 222. 214), Rich Borkowski 608, Tim Whitmer 603. High individual game: Tim Whitmer 228, Rich Borkowski 227, Jack Jackson 224.